As a personnel manager in the catering industry, under the premise of ensuring compliance and employee rights and interests, he can optimize the allocation of human resources through the following strategies to reasonably save costs： --- ###**1. Compliance prerequisites: Avoid legal risks** 1. **Comply with the minimum wage** -Confirm the local statutory minimum wage, overtime pay standards and social security payment requirements to avoid labor disputes caused by wage deductions. -Pay special attention to the visa compliance of foreign employees (such as work permits and tax policies) to avoid fines for illegal employment. 2. **Treat all employees equally** - Ensure equal pay for the same job, avoid salary discrimination due to differences in nationality, and reduce legal and reputational risks. --- ###**2. Optimize the allocation of human resources** 1. **Flexible scheduling system** -**Dynamic scheduling**: Adjust the shift according to the peak/trough hours of passenger traffic (such as lunch and evening markets) to reduce non-essential working hours. -**Hire part-time workers in different periods**: Hire part-time or student workers during peak hours to reduce full-time labor costs. 2. **Cross-training and multi-post reuse** -Train employees to master a number of skills (such as waiter and cleaning, back kitchen and preparation), flexibly deploy to deal with manpower shortages and reduce redundant positions. 3. **Reasonable control of overtime costs** -Optimize scheduling to avoid overtime work, and give priority to replacing overtime pay with rest breaks; when overtime is indeed required, ensure that overtime wages are paid in accordance with the law. --- ###**3. Technology and management optimization** 1. **Introduction of automation tools** - Adopt a self-service ordering system and intelligent scheduling software to reduce the demand for front desk and waiters and reduce manpower dependence. 2. **Performance and efficiency management** -Set service efficiency indicators (such as turnover rate and meal delivery speed), and those who meet the standards will be given small bonuses to motivate employees to increase output. 3. **Optimize the employment structure** -**Internship program**: Cooperate with vocational schools to introduce interns to undertake basic work and reduce salary expenses. -**Outsourcing non-core business**: Outsource non-core links such as cleaning and distribution, and focus on the optimization of core positions. --- ###**Fourth, reduce hidden costs** 1. **Reduce employee turnover rate** -Provide career development channels (such as promotion from dishwashers to chef assistants), enhance employees' sense of belonging, and reduce recruitment and training costs. 2. **Refined attendance management** -Use a digital time and attendance system to eliminate “false check-in” or false reporting of working hours, and reduce invalid labor expenditures. --- ###**5. Case reference** -**A chain fast food restaurant**: Through cross-training, employees can master cashier, meal preparation, and cleaning skills, and flexibly deploy during peak hours, saving 15% of labor costs. -**Southeast Asian restaurants**: After the introduction of self-service ordering machines, two full-time waiters will be reduced, saving about 80,000 yuan in annual costs. --- ###**Precautions** -**Avoid short-sighted behavior**: Salary deduction or excessive squeezing may lead to collective employee protests, negative public opinion, and higher long-term costs. -**Pay attention to employee experience**: Provide low-cost benefits such as free working meals and flexible rest time to improve satisfaction and indirectly improve efficiency. Through the above strategies, labor efficiency can be optimized under the premise of legal compliance, and a balance between cost savings and operational quality can be achieved.